Kendal green

American  

[ken-dl] / ˈkɛn dl /

noun

1. a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.

2. a shade of green produced by a dye extracted from the woadwaxen plant.

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Kendal green British  

noun

1. a green woollen cloth, formerly worn by foresters

2. the colour of this cloth, produced by a dye obtained from the woad plant See also dyer's-greenweed

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Etymology

Origin of Kendal green

First recorded in 1505–15; named after Kendal, town in Westmoreland, England, where the cloth was originally woven and dyed

Example Sentences

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Kendal green

The Kendal green, though its date is more ancient, ought surely to be as dear to our feelings, as the variegated tartans of the north.

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir

But three knaves, in Kendal green, came at my back, and let drive at me; for it was so dark, Hal, that thou couldst not see thy hand.

From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes

It was of Kendal green cloth, faced about the doublet with tan-coloured leather.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna

Half an hour later Debora came down the stairs dressed in the suit of Kendal green.

From A Maid of Many Moods by Sheard, Virna

Southward I dare not fly: fain, fain I would To Scotland bend my course; but all the woods Are full of outlaws, that in Kendal green Follow the outlaw'd Earl of Huntington.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew